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Data Integration Drives Successful Mergers
In an M&A transaction, disparate data and disconnected systems require a data integration game plan.
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Stacy Galligan
| May 16, 2022
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American Apparel Cost Cuts May Not Be Enough
The embattled retailer may not have sufficient financing commitments to meet its needs over the next 12 months.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| October 28, 2021
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Operating Expenses
Is the End of ‘Inventory Lite’ in Sight?
A 15-year surge in corporate cash flow may come to an end if companies can't generate any more inventory efficiencies.
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| October 7, 2021
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Risk Management
Limit ESG Disclosures to Cash-Flow Impacts: Economists
The SEC should avoid forcing companies to disclose how business operations affect the environment and society, says the Financial Economist Roundtable.
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Vincent Ryan
| October 6, 2021
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Working Capital
Time to Double Down on Efficient Cash Conversion
Although flush with cash, the best-performing companies aren't forgetting about fine-tuning their cash conversion processes.
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Peter Kingma
| October 5, 2021
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Corporate Finance
Facebook Unveils $100M Trade Finance Program
The social media giant will buy invoices from small businesses owned by women and minorities, sparing them the usual wait to be paid by customers.
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Matthew Heller
| September 14, 2021
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Corporate Finance
CFOs Being Cautious With Balance-Sheet Cash
Many finance execs plan to maintain their higher cash balances until at least September, finds the AFP.
By
Vincent Ryan
| June 28, 2021
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Working Capital
Working Capital Scorecard: Inventories, Receivables Need Attention
In the post-COVID economy, CFOs will be focusing on buying patterns, distribution channels, and payment terms.
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Ramona Dzinkowski
| June 21, 2021
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Working Capital
Working Capital Scorecard: A Tumultuous Year
Many CFOs faced challenges collecting cash and keeping a lid on inventories as the pandemic raged and then subsided.
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Vincent Ryan
| June 17, 2021
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Working Capital
Small-Biz Owners Used Forbearance, HELOCs to Survive
In the depths of the pandemic, many owners turned to their personal credit to keep their businesses from going under.
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Vincent Ryan
| May 20, 2021
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Working Capital
Corporate Cash Holdings Metric Offers Mixed Signals
About one-third of companies saw their cash balances fall in the first quarter, but did that indicate investment or poor financial performance?
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Vincent Ryan
| May 11, 2021
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Working Capital
GE Kicks the Factoring Habit
Instead of selling receivables for quick cash, General Electric will boost its billings and collections "muscle," says CFO Carolina Dybeck Happe.
By
Vincent Ryan
| May 4, 2021
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M&A
CFOs Still Clinging to Corporate Cash
Will companies "turn their attention from securing liquidity to unwinding their cash savings?"
By
Vincent Ryan
| April 14, 2021
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GAAP and IFRS
FASB Gives Private Companies Goodwill Accounting Break
Assessments and tests for goodwill impairment can be left until the end of the reporting period.
By
Vincent Ryan
| March 31, 2021
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Risk
Holding Bitcoin Still Risky
The cryptocurrency’s price volatility and the lack of accounting guidance on holding digital assets keep Bitcoin off most companies’ balance sheets.
By
Vincent Ryan
| March 5, 2021
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Technology
A Data Scientist Becomes a CFO
LivePerson’s finance chief John Collins works to create “data advantages” at the brand-to-consumer messaging company.
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Vincent Ryan
| February 25, 2021
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